Product description
Fred Laing’s Old Particular series debuted in September 2013, shortly after the division of the assets of Douglas Laing & Co. between the two Laing brothers.
It is the equivalent of the Old Malt Cask series, which is owned by the newly formed Hunter Laing & Co and chaired by Stewart. Old Particular comprises single malt and single grain whiskies bottled in single cask. Port Dundas 16 years old, presented here, was distilled in July 2004, aged in refill American oak casks and finished in a Pedro Ximénez sherry butt (DL 15167). Bottled in June 2021 at natural colour, 48.4% abv and unchill-filtered, in an edition limited to 748 bottles.
Nose: milk chocolate, caramel, honey cereal, raisins, roasted almonds, baked apples, allspice, cinnamon and a bit of oak.
Taste : raisins and sultanas, milk chocolate, toffee, caramel, plums, orange peel, cinnamon, cloves and a pinch of white pepper.
Finish : medium long, with notes of honey, toffee, mocha, sweet bread, raisins, cinnamon and oak.